Footwashing in John 13 and the Johannine Community

Abstract

This dissertation examines John 13: 1-20, the pericope which describes Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.For a variety of reasons, there is no scholarly consensus concerning the meaning of this passage.In addition, very little reflection has been devoted to the place religious footwashing may have held in the Johannine community.This dissertation reexamines the fundamental issues raised by the passage and investigates the likelihood that footwashing was a community rite.Chapter one gives an overview of the prominent interpretations of John 13: 1-20 in the history of interpretation.This chapter also presents an elaboration of the dissertation's purpose, together with a preview of and justification for the methodology employed, which includes text-critical, background-historical, literary-exegetical, and historical-reconstructive components.In view of the decisive bearing on interpretation, the textual problem found in John 13: 10 receives considerable attention in chapter similar categories of evidence suggests that footwashing signified the forgiveness of post-conversion sin for the Johannine community.The final section of the dissertation is devoted to a set of conclusions and suggestions for future research.

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